Quest for the Last Issue of "The Cursing of Château Castle"

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All text related to finding the last issue of "The Cursing of Château Castle" for the Castle-Loving One. Rewards you with the First Issue.


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Index


Meeting the Castle-Loving One

Location: Dormont, Castle-Loving One's House.

Talking to the Castle-Loving One for the second time starts the quest.

Castle-Loving One Y'know... The end of the world is fine and all... But I only have one regret...

Castle-Loving One I......

Castle-Loving One I WON'T BE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS
TO LORD JOSÉPHANDRE IN THE FINAL ISSUE OF "THE CURSING OF CHÂTEAU CASTLE"!

Castle-Loving One Did he manage to protect his castle to the very end?!? Did he finally find his friend Pierre-Jacques-Erneste, did he finally find more about himself?!?

Castle-Loving One Oh... I'll never know...

First time

(Is that really what they're worrying about today...? A book series? Not their imminent death or anything?)

(Weird.)


Second time

(You didn't really care about their problem before, but...)

("The Cursing of Château Castle", is it? Interesting...)

(Maybe you could find the last issue for them?)


Talking to Loop, part 1

"There's this book fan..."


Loop (hm1) Ah, that man living in the house full of books?

Loop (happy1) He seems to be really into that book series your Housemaiden likes... "The Cursing of Château Castle", right?

Loop (hmmm1) Didn't the last issue come out right as the King's Curse started freezing Vaugarde in time? It might be hard to find...

Loop (teehee3) If you find any issues, you should remember the issue number and tell him! Maybe you might end up finding the very last one!


Looking for issues

Issue #3

Location: Floor 2, Trap Building Room, frozen Housemaiden.

You can't ask the Castle-Loving One about issue #3 for some reason, even though you can find a copy.

(A book thief, frozen in time.)


Mirabelle (serious2) Oh. Him.

Bonnie (happy1) Oh?

Isabeau (oh1) Oh???

Odile (lol2) Please tell us more.

Mirabelle (awawa1) N-No, that's, uh, sorry, I mean--!!!

Mirabelle (hm1) This man is another housemaiden, he's a scholar... He's working really hard on a project! It--

Isabeau (brag1) Booooriiiiing.

Isabeau (neutral1) Why don't you like him?

Bonnie (hmf1) Was he mean to you?

Odile (lol3) Should we... Do something to him?

Mirabelle (awawa1) PLEASE, DON'T!!! He is, um...

Mirabelle (hm1) He is... A human man. That exists.

Isabeau (really2) ...

Bonnie (surprised1) ...

Odile (isthatso1) ...

Mirabelle (stressed1) Okay. Listen.

Mirabelle (serious3) I think he stole one of my priceless issues of "The Cursing of Château Castle".

Isabeau (oh1) Oh no!

Bonnie (no!2) A thief!!!!!

Mirabelle (awawa1) N-No!!! Forget I said that! I have no concrete proof! B-but...

Mirabelle (serious3) ...But my issue disappeared shortly after he came to my dorm room to ask me something, that's all.

Bonnie (wait1) A thief.........


(Hm...)

(You look through his pockets.)

(...  There's a book inside.)

(The title reads "The Cursing of Château Castle", issue #3.)

(You wave it around.)


Odile (lol3) Well, what do we have here.

Mirabelle (stressed1) SO I WAS RIGHT!!! THIS... THIS...!!!

Mirabelle (angy1) HORRIBLE THIEF!!!!!!!


(Mirabelle got back her priceless copy of "The Cursing of Château Castle"!)

(She angrily stuffs it in her pocket.)


Isabeau (hahaha1) Victory!

Bonnie (yeah!1) IT'S BACK!!!!

Mirabelle (serious1) IT IS.

Mirabelle (awkward2) ...  Sorry for badmouthing him while he's frozen in time. He is a very talented scholar, also.

Odile (lol2) This was fun, Mirabelle. You should show your ruthless side more often.

Mirabelle (awawa1) N-no!!!


Issue #10

Location: Floor 2, Infirmary, pile of books on the top-right.

(Some medical books.)

(...And a volume of "The Cursing of Château Castle", issue #10.)

(...Issue #10? You should remember this number.)


Issue #24

Location: Dormont, Dormont Library, leftmost bookshelf.

(The bookcase is filled with novels.)

("Run, Child, Run!", "The Unrestrained", "The Cursing of Château Castle" issues #6, #12 and #24...)

(...Issue #24? You should remember this number.)

(None of those catch your eye.)


Issue #32

Location: Floor 2, Classroom, bottom-right desk.

(A desk.)

(On it is an open issue of "The Cursing of Château Castle", issue #32.)

(...Issue #32? You should remember this number.)


Issue #48

Location: Floor 2, House Library, bottom-right bookshelf.

(The bookcase is filled with various novels.)

("How To Not Make A Fool Of Yourself: A Journey", "Tick", "Soul Emperor IV: The Soulempering", and "The Cursing of Château Castle", issues #40 to #48.)

(...Issue #48? You should remember this number.)


Issue #51

Location: Floor 1, Candle Room, pile of books on the right.

(Some books on the House of Change.)

(...and an book from the series "The Cursing of Château Castle", issue #51.)

(...Issue 51? You should remember this number.)


Issue #68

Location: Floor 3, Mirabelle's Dorm Room, Mirabelle's bookshelf.

(Horror books.)

(There's "The Cursing of Château Castle" issue #68, "Death Die Dice Maker", "One Hundred Ways to Die Horribly", "The Meat Slicing"...)

(Ah. That last one's actually a cooking book.)

(...Issue #68? You should remember this number.)


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Issue #87

Location: Floor 3, Pottery Room, book on the table.

(An open book, stained by clay and dirty hands.)

(It's an issue of "The Cursing of Château Castle", issue #87.)

(...Issue #87? You should remember this number.)


"Is the final issue...?"

Castle-Loving One Y'know... The end of the world is fine and all... But I only have one regret...

Castle-Loving One I......

Castle-Loving One I WON'T BE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS
TO LORD JOSÉPHANDRE IN THE FINAL ISSUE OF "THE CURSING OF CHÂTEAU CASTLE"!

Castle-Loving One Did he manage to protect his castle to the very end?!? Did he finally find his friend Pierre-Jacques-Erneste, did he finally find more about himself?!?

Castle-Loving One Oh... I'll never know...


ACT 2 & 3

Siffrin (questions1)

ACT 4

Siffrin (fake1)

(The last one you've seen is...)

"Is the final issue... Issue #?"

Siffrin "Goldfish Memory" Nolastname will always ask about the issue you most recently saw, not the highest you've seen.


Issue #3; unused

Castle-Loving One No... Of course not. Why would I be into a series with only three issues?!?


Issue #10

Castle-Loving One No... That's the issue where Pierre-Jacques-Erneste made his big appearance, though. What a great issue...


Issue #24

Castle-Loving One No... That's when Lord Joséphandre ate his whole weight in donuts, transporting him to another world as like, some kind of filler plot?

Castle-Loving One It wasn't very good.


Issue #32

Castle-Loving One No... That's when Lady Irene-Janine-Karine finally joined the party, though! She's such a good character...


Issue #48

Castle-Loving One It wasn't very good.

Castle-Loving One It sucks. No one likes it.


Issue #51

Castle-Loving One No... That's when Pierre-Jacques-Erneste betrayed the whole party!!! What a turn of events!!! Oh...


Issue #68

Castle-Loving One No... That's when Pierre-Jacques-Erneste, in an act of self-sacrifice, destroyed his castle to save Lord Josephandre!!! Oh...


Issue #86; unused

Castle-Loving One ...  Is it?

Castle-Loving One No, it's not. That was when Lord Joséphandre was about to reveal his true lineage.

Castle-Loving One And see!!! This is what I want!!! I want the rest!!! What IS his true lineage!!! Oh...


Issue #87

Castle-Loving One ...That's...

Castle-Loving One THAT'S IT!!!!! THAT'S THE ONE!!!!!!!!!!


(Oh!)


Castle-Loving One Oh, please tell me, what happens in this issue!!! Please, you have to tell me!!!!!!!!


(Oh.)

(You didn't read it.)

(You awkwardly smile.)


Castle-Loving One . . . . . .  

Castle-Loving One I will never forgive you for the emotional journey you've just given me.


(That's fair.)

(Time to go back and read it...)


Talking to Loop, part 2

"There's this book fan..."


Loop (teehee3) Yes, and you found the last issue of that book series they like!!!

Loop (hm1) Too bad you didn't actually open it when you found it. Better go back and actually read it...

Loop (teehee3) And then go and tell that book fan what the last issue is about! He'll be overjoyed!


Mirabelle reads Issue #87

Location: Floor 3, Pottery Room, book on the table.

(An open book, stained by clay and dirty hands.)

(It's an issue of "The Cursing of Château Castle", issue #87.)


Siffrin (neutral3) (...Ah, #87.) "That's the last issue."

Mirabelle (anxious1) What? No it's no--

Mirabelle (uwah!1) OH, CRAB, IT IS!!!! OH!!!!!!!!!!

Isabeau (neutral1) Oh! The last issue of the Something Something book series?

Mirabelle (angy1) "THE CURSING OF CHÂTEAU CASTLE"!!!

Mirabelle (stressed1) Do we finally get to learn about Lord Joséphandre's true lineage? What about Pierre-Jacques-Erneste, will he survive?! And most importantly...

Mirabelle (awawa1) DOES THE SIDE CHARACTER WHO APPEARED ONLY IN ISSUE #43 APPEAR AGAIN?!??!?!??!?

Odile (reading2) High stakes, I see.

Odile (lol2) I'll give you ten minutes to read it. See how generous I am?

Mirabelle (angy1) SO GENEROUS, MADAME ODILE!!!!!!!!!!! I WILL FINISH IT IN THE ALLOTTED TIME!!!!!!!!!


(You all patiently wait while Mirabelle reads, and makes high pitched sounds every once in a while...)


Mirabelle (anxious3) . . .

Mirabelle (serious3) Wow.

Siffrin (neutral1) "So?"

Mirabelle (anxious2) ...  Lord Joséphandre...


Mirabelle (awawa1) Isn't a Lord at all? His parents were normal everyday people?

Mirabelle (awawa1) This whole time, he was... Just a guy?

Mirabelle (awawa1) He wasn't chosen by fate, he didn't actually have a title, and he was... Just a guy?

Mirabelle (awawa1) They kept talking about how magnificent and incredible his family was, and how he was chosen for a reason, and he was... Just a guy?

Isabeau (hm1) Didn't this guy like, save castles or whatever? So, like, he saved people also, I'm guessing?

Mirabelle (anxious3) He was a hero to everyone he met! And yet he was... Just a guy?

Bonnie (happy2) And he wasn't a chosen one or an important person or maybe a prince?

Mirabelle (awawa1) No??? He was just a guy?????????

Odile (hm1) Is this a letdown for you or not? I can't tell.

Mirabelle (awawa1) I don't know??? I think I just need time??? To process this???

Odile (huh1) Well, you can process while we walk. Let's go, everyone.


(...)

(So Lord Joséphandre was just a guy.)

(You should let the castle-loving one in Dormont know...)


"I know how it ends."

Castle-Loving One Y'know... The end of the world is fine and all... But I only have one regret...

Castle-Loving One I......

Castle-Loving One I WON'T BE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS
TO LORD JOSÉPHANDRE IN THE FINAL ISSUE OF "THE CURSING OF CHÂTEAU CASTLE"!

Castle-Loving One Did he manage to protect his castle to the very end?!? Did he finally find his friend Pierre-Jacques-Erneste, did he finally find more about himself?!?

Castle-Loving One Oh... I'll never know...


ACT 2 & 3

Siffrin (questions1)

ACT 4

Siffrin (fake1)

(The last one you've seen is...)

"I know how it ends."


Castle-Loving One . . .

Castle-Loving One What? No, that's a lie. I think you're lying to me right now.


(You explain the contents of issue #87, as best you can...)


Castle-Loving One . . .

Castle-Loving One What? Lord Joséphandre is just a guy?

Castle-Loving One That's...

Castle-Loving One THAT'S AN ENDING BETTER THAN MY WILDEST DREAMS!!!

Castle-Loving One He was just a guy... He was just a guy...!!!

Castle-Loving One He saved so many people, made the world a better place, and everyone thought it was because of who he was, of his past, but...

Castle-Loving One But he was just a guy...!!!


(Uh oh, tears are coming out!!!)

(Before you can try to figure out how to respond, they've already taken out a lovely handkerchief and blown their nose into it.)


Castle-Loving One Thank you. I... I'm so glad I got to know this, before...

If you don't have the First Issue

Castle-Loving One Here, take this.


(You got the FIRST ISSUE!)

(You put the First Issue in your pocket for Odile to equip later.)


If you have it

Castle-Loving One Here, take thi--


The world skips.


Castle-Loving One ...Huh?

Castle-Loving One Um, I wanted to give you something, but... I can't...

Castle-Loving One Knowing the final issue's contents must've shocked me more than I thought.

Castle-Loving One Now... Can you please leave? I need to lay in bed and think about this ending.


Talking to Loop, part 3

Despite what Loop says here, this version of the conversation only happens after you get the First Issue.

"There's this book fan..."


Loop (away1) ...

Loop (away1) So that's what the ending of that book series is about?

Loop (away1) Where the hero is from... What their history is... It doesn't matter?

Loop (ew1) What a stupid series.

Loop (teehee4) Just go and let that book fan know if you haven't already.


Bonus: Issue #2

Location: Dormont, Dormont Library, center bookshelf.

Although you can't ask the Castle-Loving One about it, you can find a copy of issue #2 in Dormont's library once you have Memory of Memories.

(The bookcase is filled with books about culture.)

("Travelers Of The World", "The House: Monasteries Of The Change God", "Ka Buan Expressions"... Oh?)

(There's an old book stuck between the shelf and the wall...)


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(You take the book out again.)

(You can read its title, now...)

(Your heart is beating, badump, badump, badump.)

(It's...)


(...A translated copy of "The Cursing of Château Castle", issue #2.)

(You start laughing.)


Bonus 2: Mirabelle's Priceless Copy of Issue #3

Location: ACT 6, Dormont NPCs, Stylish One and Castle-Loving One.

Presumably, this is the copy of issue #3 that Mirabelle takes back from the Book Thief.

Stylish One Oh, I hope Housemaiden Mirabelle is okay!!!

Castle-Loving One Hah... Mirabelle.

Stylish One Huh? Huh? What's that sigh for?

Stylish One DO YOU NOT LIKE MIRABELLE, YOU MONSTER?!?

Castle-Loving One She owns the 3rd issue of "The Cursing of Château Castle".

Stylish One Yes? And--

Castle-Loving One First edition.

Stylish One What? The one that supposedly has a misprint that foreshadows something that happens in issue 63? Isn't there only ten of those in circulation in Vaugarde?!

Stylish One ...How did she--

Castle-Loving One She sent a letter to the publishing company that straddled the line between adorable and stern so well, the publishing company sent her a copy.

Castle-Loving One Along with an autograph from the author.

Stylish One ...

Stylish One Oh, Housemaiden Mirabelle... You're so cool...